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Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - clumptydumpty - 13-04-17
Hi,
Is there any reason why my rear fz1 suspension would be fitted with the damping adjuster screw at the top and rebound cog at the bottom???
Just looked at the owners manual and its defiantly backwards.
Bought the bike from a main dealer with only 2000 miles and a good history.
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - slappy - 13-04-17
On mine screw is at bottom and cog at top, have you maybe got an aftermarket shock fitted?
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - unfazed - 13-04-17
:useless
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - Dustydes - 13-04-17
Have a look at R1 shock to compare. Upgrade
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - Rob R - 13-04-17
According to the FZ1-S/ FZ1-SA owner's manual " The shock absorber assembly is equiped with a spring preload adjusting ring and a rebound damping force adjusting screw." Preload is on the top of the spring and the rebound damper screw is below the spring (there is no compression damping adjuster).
Probably wrong but I can't think of any reason why you can't fit the shock upside down though- Ducati have the shock almost horizontal. It may even run cooler with the damping further away from the exhaust...
Rob
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - clumptydumpty - 13-04-17
Agreed! Pics coming up asap...
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - clumptydumpty - 13-04-17
I spied a thread on how you can fit a 2015 r1 shock to an fz1 pretty much like for like. Id order one now if I knew for sure it would work on a gen 2..
Its definetly the standard fz1 shock, pics coming up soon. Just couldnt get my head round it leaving a dealership like that..
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - Dustydes - 14-04-17
As said they fit R1 shocks on gen2 with an adapter , my neighbour has one fitted with Satans adapter
Google it, loads of info
R1 shock option without adaptor
http://www.998cc.org/forum/suspension/22497-new-r1-shock-option-without-adaptor.html
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - clumptydumpty - 14-04-17
Yea thats the exact thread I found on the 2015 shock. I've been trying to look up spring weights etc to see if it will give the desired result and not just look sweet..
Ive also googled a lot to try and find one of these mysterious satan adapters. Havent been able to find a picture of one let alone a sales site unfortunately.
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - tex - 14-04-17
Have a look at the american fz1 site , you can get them there, think it's 04 to 08 r1 shock
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - Dustydes - 14-04-17
I will ask my mate.
He is selling his Gen2 and was talking about putting it back to standard including shock.
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - clumptydumpty - 14-04-17
That would be brilliant, much appreciated
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong waky up?! - clumptydumpty - 14-04-17
Pic1, pic2
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - Rob R - 14-04-17
I've got a Satan's adapter and 2006 R1 shock on my Gen2. Basically the 04-06 shock is fine for lighter weight riders (160-190 lbs with gear) and the 07-08 is good for 190-210lbs. The adapter does raise the ride height by about .5 inch which improves the turn in but makes it a little harder to hoist it onto the centre stand.
Richard (Satan) was working on an adapter for shocks from the flat plane engined R1s but I think it may mean relocating the Rec/Reg. Check out the thread at http://www.yamahafz1oa.com for more info.
Rob
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - ProdigalSon - 16-04-17
Is it possible that the previous owner fitted or had it fitted upside down so as to make the preload adjuster easier to get to? Just a thought.
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - Hamos - 18-04-17
Yep, it is upside down.
Will probably make no difference to the working of the shock, but would think getting to the adjusters would be more difficult.
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - tommyardin - 18-04-17
Being a bit of a Numpty, would it not work in an adverse way with the mono-shock upside down, there must be fluid or a fluid/gas combination in there, surely gravity would have that fluid or fluid/gas combination on the wrong side of the piston, above in the compression area.
I am just asking the question as I really do not know, I do know that you can get USD front forks but they are designed like that,but I am not very hopeful that a set of RSU forks would work in the USD position and my thoughts would be the same for a mono-shock that is mounted the wrong way up.
Please enlighten this Numpty. :rollin :rollin :rollin
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - slappy - 19-04-17
:agree
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - The Male Whale - 19-04-17
That's why they are fitted with seals....... :rollin
Whale
Re: Suspension fitted the wrong way up?! - robbo - 19-04-17
What would require the shock to be removed from a 2000 mile old bike anyhow. Unless to be replaced by a more upmarket shock.